The Mental Life of the Architectural Historian

Re-Opening the Early Historiography of Modern Architecture, Second Edition
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4438-4852-7
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 227 Seiten

Starting with the question concerning the discursive formation of architectural history, the chapters compiled in this book attempt to re-read the historiography of early modern architecture from the point of view of the theoretical work produced since the post-war era. Central to the objectives of the argument are the ways in which, firstly, architectural history differs from the traditions of art history, and, secondly, that the historical narrative works its autonomy through theoretical representation, the discursive flow of which is interrupted by the historian’s urge to support arguments with references to buildings, texts, drawings, and historical events.

The historians discussed in this volume are those regularly addressed by most critics revisiting modern architectural history. Individual chapters are dedicated to N. Pevsner, H. R. Hitchcock, and S. Giedion, an economy of selection that is formative for a critical understanding of the canon established by these historians. Themes such as periodization, autonomy, and time are discussed, and the coda of the final chapter expands on the scope of “critical historiography” popularised by Kenneth Frampton and Manfredo Tafuri.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hartoonian, Gevork

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Hartoonian, Gevork
Gevork Hartoonian is Professor of Architecture at the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra, Australia. He is the author of several books, including Walter Benjamin and Architecture (Routledge, 2010) and Crisis of the Object: The Architecture of Theatricality (Routledge, 2006). A Korean edition of his Ontology of Construction (Cambridge University Press, 1994) was published in 2010.

Gevork Hartoonian is Professor of Architecture at the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra, Australia. He is the author of several books, including Walter Benjamin and Architecture (Routledge, 2010) and Crisis of the Object: The Architecture of Theatricality (Routledge, 2006). A Korean edition of his Ontology of Construction (Cambridge University Press, 1994) was published in 2010.